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A service transmitted especially by teletypewriter and providing late-breaking current affairs, stock-market results, or other up-to-the-minute information:

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  • Noun : We took the story off the newswires
  • The newswire is a democratic forum designed to make available important stories, news, and opinions with local relevance.
  • By default, only articles rated higher than -6 are displayed in the right-hand column, and on the "newswire" home page.
  • Here is a citation from the Agence France Press newswire.
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